Mothra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > By default Outlook creates its User Profile folders in the Documents folder. > Unless your Mac is doing something really screwy, mine has always been like > this and I never move it. > Same with Entourage. > > Not sure whats going on here.. >> >> Using Outlook Express 5.02 with OS 9.2.2 on a QuickSilver 733, I want to run >> OE in the Applications volume and hold the mail in the Documents volume. >> >> The Read Me ways that I can "store your Microsoft User Data folder in any >> location, including a server. However, you should place an alias to that >> folder in either your system Documents folder or the Outlook Express 5 >> folder." >> >> When I put the Microsoft User Data folder in the Documents volume and alias >> back to either the OE 5 folder or the Documents folder on the startup >> volume, I get an error message. I get the same error message when I pull >> the Identities folder from inside the Microsoft User Data folder. Same >> results with may other combinations, including using OE 5 from the startup >> volume itself. >> >> The error message consistently says something like: "move or copy the >> Identites folder located in (whereever I left it in good condition) to the >> Outlook Express 5.02 folder on your hard disk." I can make that work fine, >> but then the mail data is not stored in my Documents volume. >> >> Is there any way to do what I want and thereby simplify my backup routine?
You're right, upon restore or install from the original CDs, I originally found the User Data folder in the Documents folder while OE itself was in the Applications (OS 9) folder. What I've done is put the original Applications (OS 9) folder in an Applications volume, a partition separate from the System, and all my own data and documents in a Documents volume that's another partition. When I moved the Applications (OS 9) folder to its own volume/partition, OE made a new User Data Folder within the OE folder. Mail works fine as long as the User Data folder or the Identities folder are in the same volume as the OE application itself, but not when they are in a different volume. The Read Me says I should be able to do this, but I'm stumped. Someone out there who has multiple partitions must know how to make this work. Thank you, -- Al Poulin Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, proactive self-defense is for the rest of us. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
